TAUNTON — City Councilor John McCaul says he learned something last week in East Taunton while campaigning door-to-door on Myricks Street.

At least 10 homeowners, he says, told him they’re concerned and fed up with speeding on their stretch of the two-lane rural street, also known as Route 79, running from Route 140 up the hill to Kingman Street.

McCaul, who is running for a fourth term as councilor, made the comment during the “new business” portion of Tuesday night’s weekly City Council meeting.

He asked if the police, once again, might consider utilizing their electronic, radar trailer unit that indicates to drivers how fast they’re traveling.

A motion by McCaul to refer the matter to police safety officer Chris Williams was adopted.

As part of the motion he asked if police would consider using the radar truck between the hours of 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

“They’re very irate,” McCaul said after the meeting adjourned, referring to the Myricks Street residents with whom he’d spoken while asking for their votes.

He said one homeowner on the 200-block of the street told him he’s been cursed at and been the recipient of obscene gestures for simply trying to pull out of his driveway.

McCaul said some residents with whom he’d spoken also complained about noise from tractor-trailer diesel trucks that use compression-release engine brakes known as Jake or Jacobs brakes.

Some municipalities prohibit trucks from using that brake system within city and town limits.

McCaul said he was told the volume of drivers up and down Myricks Street noticeably increases during the school season starting in September.

He also says he didn’t notice any speed limit signs posted on the street while going door to door.

Tuesday’s municipal council agenda was noticeably thin, with a handful of committee meetings but no petitions, appointments or communications from city officers or citizens.

“I think this must be the shortest agenda in the history of the Taunton city council,” said Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr.

Rose Marie Blackwell said the two-page agenda packet was the smallest she’s seen during her 20-year career as City Clerk.

Despite the abnormally slim agenda packet, there was a delay in terms of public access to viewing the meeting when the solid waste committee went into executive session with assistant solicitor Daniel de Abreu to discuss “possible litigation strategies.”

Councilors are forbidden from discussing such meetings publicly, although Hoye, two weeks ago, hinted that he wasn’t ruling out legal action in regard to the company that now runs a materials recycling facility on Mozzone Boulevard.

“We are reviewing all facets of the agreement,” Hoye said, when asked why WeCare Organics LLC of New York state never fulfilled its contractual obligation with the city to build a transfer station.

The city council that night approved a request by Taunton-based G. Lopes Construction Inc. to operate a trash-transfer station, at what will be a new facility in Myles Standish Industrial Park, to process a variety of waste material, including municipal solid waste.